AB 2105,
as amended, Rodriguez. Workforce development:begin delete report:end delete allied healthbegin delete care professionals.end deletebegin insert professions.end insert
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. Existing law requires the board, among other things, to prepare and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature a report on the board’s findings and recommendations regardingbegin delete “earn and learn” job training opportunities, models, and programs.end deletebegin insert expanding job training and employment for allied health professions.end insert
This bill would require thebegin delete board to consider the recommendations in the report to determine whether the recommendations should be included within the board’s work plan for the 2017-18 fiscal year, contact, or delegate to another state entity to
contact, Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine how these federal entities could become engaged in a cross-sector collaboration on expanding the use of apprenticeship programs to help prepare allied health care professionals to meet the needs of California businesses and the public, and approve the progress and outcomes of these activities as an agenda item.end deletebegin insert Department of Consumer Affairs, by January 1, 2020, to engage in a stakeholder process to update policies and remove barriers to facilitate the development of earn and learn training programs in the allied health professions, including barriers identified in the report described above, as specified. end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14017 of the Unemployment Insurance
2Code is amended to read:
(a) In efforts to expand job training and employment
4for allied health professions, the California Workforce
5Development Board, in consultation with the Division of
6Apprenticeship Standards, shall do the following:
7(1) Identify opportunities for “earn and learn” job training
8opportunities that meet the industry’s workforce demands and that
9are in high-wage, high-demand jobs.
10(2) Identify and develop specific requirements and qualifications
11for entry into “earn and learn” job training models.
12(3) Establish standards for “earn and learn” job training
13programs that are
outcome oriented and accountable. The standards
14shall measure the results from program participation, including a
15measurement of how many complete the program with an
16industry-recognized credential that certifies that the individual is
17ready to enter the specific allied health profession for which he or
18she has been trained.
19(4) Develop means to identify, assess, and prepare a pool of
20qualified candidates seeking to enter “earn and learn” job training
21models.
22(b) (1) The board, on or before December 1, 2015, shall prepare
23and submit to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature
24a report on the findings and recommendations of the board.
P3 1(2) The board shall consider the recommendations in the
report
2to determine whether any or all of the recommendations should
3be included within the board’s work plan for the 2017-18 fiscal
4year or referred to another state entity for possible action. At a
5minimum, the board shall contact, or shall delegate to another state
6entity to contact, Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine
7how these federal entities could become engaged in a cross-sector
8collaboration on expanding the use of apprenticeship programs to
9help prepare allied health care professionals to meet the needs of
10California businesses and the public. The board shall approve the
11progress and outcomes of these activities as an agenda item.
12(3)
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13begin insert(2)end insert The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant
14to this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2019, pursuant to
15Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
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(c) (1) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall engage in a
17stakeholder process to update policies and remove barriers to
18facilitate the development of earn and learn training programs in
19the allied health professions, including barriers identified in the
20report prepared by the board pursuant to subdivision (b), entitled
21Expanding Earn and Learn Models in the California Health Care
22Industry. The stakeholder process shall include all of the following:
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(A) The department convening
allied health workforce
24stakeholders, which shall include, but are not limited to, the
25department’s relevant licensure boards, the California community
26College system, the California Workforce Development Board,
27and the State Department of Public Health, and which may include
28other relevant entities such as the Office of Statewide Health
29Planning and Development, employer and worker representatives,
30and community-based organizations.
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(B) Addressing issues that include, but are not limited to,
32prelicensure classifications in allied health occupations that would
33allow students, in a supervised setting, to gain experience in their
34chosen field before obtaining licensure, and the payment of wages
35while in a workplace-based training program.
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(C) The department ensuring that existing standards of consumer
37protection are maintained.
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(D) The sharing of any statutory barriers identified through
39this process with the relevant committees of the Legislature.
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(2) The process described in paragraph (1) shall be completed
2by, and this subdivision shall be inoperative on, January 1, 2020.
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